November 19 is the birthday of our second daughter, Marla. I wouldn't dare tell you how old she is but she was born in November after we were saved in August in 1972. She is now married to David Nelson and they have two beautiful little girls, Tori Beth and Adar, a step daughter Lyndsey and a step son, Josh. They live in Milan, Tennessee.

THREE BROTHERSBelow is a picture of my brothers and I. Donald on the left is my oldest brother, J.L. is between the tow of us. Donald was 14 when I was born and J.L. was 13. We had another brother, Jerry who was between J.L. and I (11 years old when I was born) who passed away in 1966 with colon cancer. We still miss him.

On Saturday night November 5, 2005 Bobbye and I attended our 40 year class reunion. Yeah, we were seniors at Atkins High School, Atkins, AR in 1965. I have no idea where 40 years have gone. We had such a good time seeing our old classmates. There were about 65 in our graduating class. Five of our classmates have passed away, but about 30 of us showed up for the gathering. Some of these guys we had not seen in, well maybe even 40 years in some cases. Two of my best friends have passed away, Ronald Ferguson and Bill Watson. It hardly seems possible that they are gone. I got to see Tommy Young who was one of my best friends in school, I had not seen him in I do not know when. One of my very best friends Wayne Goines was there. Wow, did he, Ronald, Bill, Tommy and I have some great times when we were kids!!

There’s one lady I’ve seen most everyday for that 40 years and I would have it no other way. That’s my wife, Bobbye. We started dating when we were juniors in high school and married in December of 1965. If I had it all to do over again I’m marry the same girl!! Our 40th anniversary will be here in just a few days and we are headed toward 40 more.